Format:Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: United States
Released: 1977
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 The Commonwealth Of Toil (2:48)
A2 Mr. Block (2:32)
A3 50,000 Lumberjacks (2:33)
A4 Pie In The Sky (2:45)
A5 Workingmen Unite (2:03)
A6 Dump The Bosses Off Your Back (2:27)
A7 Joe Hill (2:30)
B1 Hallelujah, I'm A Bum (1:56)
B2 The Rebel Girl (2:53)
B3 There Is Power In A Union (2:30)
B4 Boom Went The Boom (2:17)
B5 Ralph Chaplin Speaks (8:15)
B6 Solidarity Forever (2:24)
[Credits]
Joe Glazer (guitar/vocals) Alan Bennett (banjo) Mike Auldridge (dobro) Allan Oresky (fiddle)
Liner Notes: Joe Glazer, Engineer: Bill McElroy
[Notes]
What's a Wobbly? Legend has it that a Chinese cook in a railroad gang while proudly announcing that he was a member of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World—a union formed to organize all workers) was heard to say he was a member of the "I-Wobbly-Wobbly." Despite their humorous nickname, the members of IWW experienced tremendous struggles which were often documented through song. Starting as a one-paged leaflet headed by the words: ""Sing and fight! Right was the tyrant king who said: 'Beware of a movement that sings’" the IWW’s Little Red Song Book soon grew to include dozens of songs including Ralph Chaplin’s "Solidarity Forever." As a special treat, this album also includes excerpts from Chaplin’s speech at a woodworker's convention in 1960.
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